PC Possible work around/ solution to MD5 error

NO point in playing this game if you can't make any progress. how about instead of putting out more content, you all stop waisting time adding extra stuff to the game, and focouse of the BIGGEST PROBLEM.
I'm tierd of hearing "We are sorry this happend to you." No, your not. It's not just happening to me. It's happening to EVERYONE. "We are working on it." No you are not. It's been over a year. I bet if I went to check on your progress, you all would caught with your pants down. Crashes and base wipes are happening more frequintly than ever. So no. I don't think you guys are doing anything to fix it. What ever you are doing, is making it worce. The only thing that has changed is more content. More content=more problems. Fix THE MAIN ISSUE befor moving forward, or you won't have a fan base.

Whatever you guys have to say. I don't want to hear it. I'm tierd of your lies and excuses. I don't believe a word any of you say anymore. I have lost all faith in your teams ability. Not only in your ability to fix the problem, but in everything. I will never again buy a product with your name on it. That is how badly your team has failed.
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it is clear you have no understanding of how game development works or in 7 Days case how content progresses onto the console version.

suffice it to say that corrupted saves happen in every game and that these corruptions happen for numerous reasons and are not limited to the developers skills or ability to produce a functioning game. even big companies like Bethesda and Activision have corruption in saves they are different however to a game like 7 Days.

it can also come down to individual console units and how the console saves progress, it can be the communication between servers on Microsoft's notoriously ♥♥♥♥ servers.

the Developers have no control over what Microsoft/Sony does with their company they can only at most submit error logs and details issues with suggestions on how to fix the problem.

im angry too, i have had MD5 happen at least 25 times if not more not only on single player but with friends too, i remember me and my 3 other friends spent nearly 2 weeks day in and day out working to make an epic castle base only for an MD5 to happen right as we finished. we essentials burned away 2 weeks of out lives sacrificing sleep and sanity to get it done and its just gone.

you need to think and research how a game specifically works and is developed before you go ripping into CS (Clare) and the devs who probably sacrifice way more time and effort than we ever do to create and fix a game for us to enjoy without charging us $50 for a DLC every 6 months like other games.

 
Just lost all my content, everything I bult and collected is gone. I tried the delete local and re download but still everything is gone. Is there any way my older game content could be loaded? How do I reach a human that works with the server?

I hate the fact that after a year of game play it crashes (like usual) but takes everything I built away! :(

 
Has anyone tried playing the game from disk?. I mean, uninstalling tyke downloaded version and using the disk version? And NOT downloading any updates?

 
I believe the console doesn't run the games off of the disc anyway, it's only used to transfer the data to your hard drive so that wouldn't work.

I have read that playing the game in 'offline mode' on the console should work because the game won't save to the cloud, and the md5 error occurs because of a clash between the local and cloud save this might be the solution?

 
If its not the fault of XBOX1 RAM or size of saves. Then maybe its a bad line of code from Iron Galaxy? Since two different systems of XBOX1 and PS4 and different operating systems. My guess some bad line of code slipped through for XBOX1 and once it hits its limit or bad line of code game crashes and deletes where ever you're standing at your base.

So far doing the going to games and apps and delete only the console save and not the cloud. My game hasn't been wiped yet. No deletions. But I had a black screen that crashed. Had to reload the game. Also getting this weird deal leaving my cabin I built in the desert. Where I hit the invisible wall then after a few seconds I get pulled back like lag or something.

Besides late draw-ins for bushes. Also had this weird thing happen driving my mini bike through the desert. Like I got stuck hanging like a big tile grid sunk downward. Hopping off the bike fixed it and the grid. But I bet i'm close to have MD5 bug soon. I think i'm at day 58. Also I try not to have to many things crafting at once either. Like smelting iron and what not in the forge while crafting other stuff at the work bench. I got this other server I use to have some friends play on.

That's at day 240 and we had MD5 bug 3 times. But I guess we were constantly crafting and building stuff besides I dug tons of tunnels all over navezgane. As for other's talking about it being XBOX fault for original XBOX1. Does anyone have to XBOX1X? Give that a try and see if you get MD5 bug yet. I'm sure the RAM for that system is way better then PS4 pro. Or we can hope this game is backward compatible for XBOX2 this Holiday season. My guess its a bad line of code.

 
I had a different idea that didn't work. I have 3 hard drives. I made a entire game file copy to another hard drive. But both still have the same saves checking both even though one I played longer on. So my guess would be the cloud makes both the same saves for time. My only guess would be to save a extra copy to another hard drive. Then unplug that one while playing on another hard drive. That's one trick I didn't try yet. But maybe have to play offline though. Cause most likely the cloud would probably update a MD5 bug error from one hard drive to the other.

 
https://gameclips.io/GRAW2ROBZ/380dd6f0-0bf8-4e77-8e57-489ca1356062

Looked like the start of a MD5 bug if I stuck around any longer. The output boxes in the forge were missing and flickering. So backed out fast. Also been doing that trick by hitting start on 7dtd icon to bring up manage game and apps. Then hit A button on saved data tab of gamer tag. Then only delete console data only. Seems to work. Other then you lose maybe a couple minutes of game time played. But better then a base wipe. So far this happened a couple times. But all is good. Also get the occasional black screen dashboard maybe eachday I play this. Even more frequent with a friend playing.

 
PlacidSwine234 said:
Just lost all my content, everything I bult and collected is gone. I tried the delete local and re download but still everything is gone. Is there any way my older game content could be loaded? How do I reach a human that works with the server?

I hate the fact that after a year of game play it crashes (like usual) but takes everything I built away! :(
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If this is still an issue go to your setting in game and there's an option to allow distant object rendering, this gets rid of the fog and helps the framerate I did this about a year ago and I still have crashes occasionally but I haven't experienced an md5 glitch. Well no major one anyway, I had a single square reset and delete my junk storage for clothes I didnt need basically free trash service 

 
Ugh wish I known this. I just got kicked and loaded back in to have lost everything my friend and I have done the last 3 days. Built a base with 4 land claims not a huge base but it still took everything we had got like this issue should have been fixed by now . I've played this since it came out. And when this started to happen I quit playing. And decided to come back to see its still happing. SMH if ya can't fix the give xbox players there money back cause this isn't right

 
First of all, even before I could comment on the md5 issue I had an issue with your mobile site... As I tried to follow the directions for 'read this before you submit a complaint' the text is cut off and you can't expand it. I can assume what you are trying to say, but still... Secondly, I absolutely love this game. I have since 2015. Awesome concept, great balance in game play, very realistic game physics! But, the console version is almost unplayable. I am playing on Xbox One and every 20 days or so, a whole chunk of the world where I am building completely resets. All my chests, gone... All my buildings, gone... I know it's still a work in progress, but at this point what's the point in playing if I am going to continuously loose all my hard work? I can deal with all the crashes no problem, but if I loose all the resources and effort I put into my build and my stockpile every couple of cycles, is the game even worth playing? I know was first a PC game, but if you don't continuously update it so it is PLAYABLE on consoles, you will loose fans... Because I will tell you what, I won't be buying a new computer just to play your one game on it. That's just facts...

 
meverettj said:
First of all, even before I could comment on the md5 issue I had an issue with your mobile site... As I tried to follow the directions for 'read this before you submit a complaint' the text is cut off and you can't expand it. I can assume what you are trying to say, but still... Secondly, I absolutely love this game. I have since 2015. Awesome concept, great balance in game play, very realistic game physics! But, the console version is almost unplayable. I am playing on Xbox One and every 20 days or so, a whole chunk of the world where I am building completely resets. All my chests, gone... All my buildings, gone... I know it's still a work in progress, but at this point what's the point in playing if I am going to continuously loose all my hard work? I can deal with all the crashes no problem, but if I loose all the resources and effort I put into my build and my stockpile every couple of cycles, is the game even worth playing? I know was first a PC game, but if you don't continuously update it so it is PLAYABLE on consoles, you will loose fans... Because I will tell you what, I won't be buying a new computer just to play your one game on it. That's just facts...
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The game on console is not work in progress, it is out of support. It was built by a company called Telltale, but Telltale went bankrupt before they could get the game into an acceptable state.

You will have to wait for the next attempt at porting to console which is planned but not before the game on PC is finished.

Klick on the topmost red banner above for more information.

 
meverettj said:
First of all, even before I could comment on the md5 issue I had an issue with your mobile site... As I tried to follow the directions for 'read this before you submit a complaint' the text is cut off and you can't expand it. I can assume what you are trying to say, but still... Secondly, I absolutely love this game. I have since 2015. Awesome concept, great balance in game play, very realistic game physics! But, the console version is almost unplayable. I am playing on Xbox One and every 20 days or so, a whole chunk of the world where I am building completely resets. All my chests, gone... All my buildings, gone... I know it's still a work in progress, but at this point what's the point in playing if I am going to continuously loose all my hard work? I can deal with all the crashes no problem, but if I loose all the resources and effort I put into my build and my stockpile every couple of cycles, is the game even worth playing? I know was first a PC game, but if you don't continuously update it so it is PLAYABLE on consoles, you will loose fans... Because I will tell you what, I won't be buying a new computer just to play your one game on it. That's just facts...
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You have to delete your save data from "Console Only" after every crash before booting the game back up. Also, there's ways to prevent the game from crashing as well. You have to exit out of the game to the main menu, quit the app, and then reboot the game every hour or so. By doing this, it prevents the game from crashing and risking the chances of getting Md5. I've been playing on XB1 since 2020 and have never gotten Md5...EVER!!! With that being said, I highly advise you to check the video out I linked below. And if you follow these methods you should never get Md5, hope this helps, good luck!

Video by; DreadNatty Gaming



 
There is a way around the md5 crash.

 go into modded option, set the game time to 40 mins 

All other setting whatever u want 

Jump into the game and play till 4am, at 4am log out of the game and restart the game 

And repeat.

If you watch the weather by 4am, once 4am goes by, the weather stays dark foggy and doesn't become clear skies for the next day.

It's Something with the weather and playing longer than 40 mins that,

The game doesn't want to refresh 

 
I know it's been talked about on here, but on youtube there is only 1 video discussing this method (And I do give them credit during the video) But they forgot 1 crucial step. That is making sure you don't re-launch the game before you delete the local save. And with the game coming to game pass, I figured I'd make  a clearer updated video.



 
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I have encountered playing with a friend that deleting the local file and waiting for the re-sync the issue still happens and I loose most if not all progress.

 
sTokedRecon said:
This is my first post and I am trying to post in the console forums so hopefully it ends up in the right place where it may be of some help to xbox users.

Perhaps someone else has already tested this or posted in regards to this possible work around but I have not seen a similar post yet. I have not been playing for nearly as long as some players here, (only since 6/28/2017) but just recently purchased the game for xbox1 digital download. I purchased the game fully aware of the MD5 error issues that seem to plague some very devoted players. My reason for purchasing a known buggy game was that it has tons of devoted supporters on PC as well as consoles and it has a great number of aspects that I was searching for in a game. I have quickly become quite addicted to the game and was also hit by the md5 error at 38 days in and also 41 days into my first play through. Although I have abandoned (maybe only temporarily) my first play through save, I do believe I have been able to avoid the md5 error on my second play through.

I read through quite a lot of requests from players asking for the ability to 'manually save' because they think the cloud saves are not working properly or becoming corrupted. So I thought... "Did anyone confirm that there was anything wrong with the cloud?".

Since starting my 2nd play through, any time at all that I ever encounter some sort of crash or other similar hiccough, BEFORE RE-LAUNCHING the game, I always go into 'my games and apps' for xbox, manage game, delete the local save from CONSOLE (not the reserved space or the save from everywhere else which would be the cloud), and resume to re-launch the game, then patiently wait for the console to re-sync with the cloud saves. So far at least in single player, I have not become a continuing victim of the MD5 error that so commonly wipes out large portions of player made bases or other 'chunks' from in game.

Please note that I do not currently have a Gold xbox Live subscription (hopefully I will soon), or otherwise I would happily attempt to recreate this possible work around for use during multiplayer.

Again, I do not know if anyone else has attempted this method or any other that is similar for avoiding whole or partial world resets but I do hope to hear some constructive feedback on how this might be of use to the devs at TFP as well as fellow 7dtd survivors! Good luck survivors!

sTokedRecon
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I just started playing (a month or so in real life). I have had 2 crashes that each took portions of a house I fortified. Took so much stuff kept in the secure chests. TONS! I tried deleting the reserved space but that didn't work. I stayed in the game only a short time after the second crash last night. I will give your suggestion a try. I hope it will load before the crash. I found the game on Game Pass, but after the first crash found someone selling an actual disc and hoping that will allow manual saves so I can reload from a certain point. This bug is rough. Hope I am able to recover. Does it make a difference as to how much stuff you have in chests or how fortified you try to make your home base? Or is this just random? I read torches can make it glitchy and took most down, but that was when the first strike happened. 

 
I've been telling people about this since I figured it out on Xbox about 5 years ago, I've even posted it on Reddit. It works on multiplayer as well as single player. I wish more people knew.

It also helps to set a timer and manually back out and save every hour or so. It might seem like a pain, but had saved me hours even weeks of work lost. 

Also in multiplayer, whenever we get thrown out we have the other people clear their local save data as well, just as a precaution.

 
Damselx1 said:
There is a link to the bug reports section on the main page of the forum. There is a sticky thread in the bug report section detailing how to make a bug report, including the format to use so that all the relevant information is included. It's easy enough to follow, but sadly people join up, rush in instead of checking the sticky and don't provide their details, then ignore the requests for more information - hard to fix the bug if they don't have all the facts. The more information they have, the faster things get fixed.

They don't expect players to be bug testers either, but just like any other game forum, if a player notices a bug it's good sense to report it. You don't need to know anything about programming or game design, just explain what is happening/should be happening but isn't. The team can then investigate and fixes are forthcoming. Of course, the MD5 is a major issue, mostly on Xbox, but they are working on it. This is why reporting is so important - report the bugs, reduce the crashes and there'll be less MD5s.
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I reported my bug but left out something that may be of importance. MD5 error seems to happen to me whenever we press the xbox button in the center of the controller to briefly pause the game while grabbing a drink or using the bathroom. 9 times out of 10 it crashes within 5 minutes of returning to game play. This on a random gen map playing with my son split screen as a guest.

 
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